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Hobart W Fink is gutsy, bluesy indie rock w an soupçon of grunge. With two lead singers, Jayk Gallagher and Lauren Lakis, the band blends touches of The Strokes, Interpol, and Queens of The Stoneage, with such disparate influences as Elliott Smith, Nirvana, and Ben Gibbard in an eclectic stew. Fans have likened HWF’s sound to a combination of The X, The B-52’s, and Sonic Youth. The sound is characterized by layered vocal harmonies that emerge from gutsy garage rock with a disaffected yet earnest punk aesthetic. (Noe Santiago on Bass, AJ Brown on Drums.)
Rocking shows all over Southern California, including headlining slots at Echo Park Rising, Make Music Pasadena, Venice Music Crawl, Buzzbands.la Chinatown Nights, and other festivals, the band debuted at The Satellite, killed residencies at Casey’s and Lot 1, and has played The House of Blues LA, The Roxy, The Viper Room, The Echo, The Satellite, Harvard and Stone, The Smell, El Cid, The Virgil, The Mint, Silver Lake Lounge, Casey’s Irish Pub, The Airliner, Central SA+PC, The Lexington, Kaos Network, Echo Country Outpost and many more. HWF has toured to San Diego, Long Beach, and all around the west coast. After rocking Echo Park Rising, Make Music Pasadena, ASE Minifest, and Venice Music Crawl, Hobart W Fink debuted their new music video for “Hundred Dollar Bill” and their EP “Four Eyes, Five Tails” opening night of their paid monthlong residency at Casey’s Irish Pub. HWF’s single debuted on 88.9 KXLU and has since played on 88.5 KCSN, Moheak Radio and Buzzbands.LA, with strong reviews from The Deli Magazine, LA Record, Sounds of Confusion, SoundsXP, Emerging Indie, Syffal.com and more. Nominated for Artist Of The Month by The Deli LA. Single and EP now available on Spotify, Itunes, Amazon and more. 100 hardcopy limited edition singles were released during a special event at The Satelllite. HWF’s next single Final Fantasy 7, released 11-12-13, with an accompanying video released 12-12-13. The video, shot on location in Peru and New Orleans, and featuring such locations as Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, Bourbon Street, Colca Canyon, Arequipa, The French Quarter and MORE, will released December 10 in a headlining show at The Echo in LA with Missing Teen, Vision, and Cobalt Cranes, beginning a California tour to Lestat’s in San Diego, Bull Bar in Long Beach, Bananas in Leimert Park, The Lexington, and a massive warehouse party in DTLA.

Hobart W Fink – Final Fantasy 7

The video celebrates the beauty and wonder of release, vacation, and going with the flow. Revelers dance wildly in New Orleans as alpacas cuddle at the base of Machu Picchu. Babies take a guitar solo as Jayk Gallagher intones lyrics in front of the sweeping vistas of Colca Canyon. The video features both former co-lead singer Marie Bollinger and current co-lead singer Lauren Lakis in a panoply of sensuous goodness that will leave every viewer with the persistent itch to skip town on a reckless excursion.